Annan: ‘Irish peace process a source of global inspiration’

UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has described the Irish peace process as a source of inspiration for the rest of the world.

The Northern Ireland peace process was a source of inspiration to the rest of the world, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said today.

Mr Annan, delivering the Tip O’Neill lecture at the University of Ulster’s Magee Campus in Derry, said the people of the North were managing their problems better than in the past.